Bee comb foundation



March 16, 1943. H, c. 'D'ADANT-ETAL. 2,313,735

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' attorneys Patented Mar. 16, 1943 BEE COMB FOUNDATION Hen da d Roy A-ou Hamilton, Iil

A l ati n Octob 9, 1941, Se a No- 1 ,344

5 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in bee comb foundations and ismore particularly directed to the type described and claimed in .ourcopending application Serial No. 316,424, filed Jan. 30, 1940, of whichthe present application is a continuation in part.

An object of the invention is the provisioncf an anchoring means for thewax sheetsin frames of bee comb foundations in which the anchoring meansengages around one .edge of the wax sheet and is provided with aprojection adapted to .be received within a slot formed in the usualsecuring strip employed in connection with a rabbeted section of one prmore bars .of the frame.

This invention will be best understood from a figure :3 is a similarsection showing-a modified form of the anchoring means for a wax sheet.

Figures 4 to 7 inclusive are vertical sections similar to that .shown inFigs. 2 and :3 which further modified forms of the anchoring meansare'disclosed.

Referring more particularly. to the drawing, t0 designatesan upper barand LI 1 a lower bar-.,.which .are .connected together :by .side barsJ2, .one of which. only is shpwn, and which constitute a frame I3 inwhich a wax sheet is mounted.

I'he frame 13 is ordinarily suspended :by means of lugs which :proj ect-'from the opposite .edges .and which project beyond :the side aha-rs1.13 from the oppositetendsfoi the top zbar al 10.

Longitudinalwires it which may bestraightcr corrugated are embedded inthe sheet l5 as are transverse'wires ll which may be corrugated or thewwiresmay be'straight as shown at It. The corrugations of the wirefollow the contour of the synthetic cells I8 formed in the sheet IS in awell known manner.

The upper bar I0 is rabbeted as shown at to receive a U-shaped member 2|and securing strip 22, which is held in place by diagonally disposednails 23.

The ueshaped member 21 has a bight portion 24 which is turnedatapproximately a right angle to the side flanges 25 and 2.6, which arelocated in parallel relation and pinched on one ed e of the wax sheet 15and in embracing relation with the projecting .ends 2 of the wire ll.Thus since the ends of the wire I] extend into the bent portion of theUeshaped member 2| th ends of the wire are likewise bent in the samedirection.

The connecting strip 22 is provided with a groove 28 to receive the bentportion of the U shaped member 2|. Thus when the nails 23 are driveninto place the inner edge of the strip 22 will :be forced not onlyagainst the flange 26 butthe walls of the groove 28 will also be forcedagainst the bent bight portion 24 of the U -shap.ed member. In thisparticular form the bent portion 28 of the U-shaped member or anchoring'bar 2| is held in place by the projecting portion -30 of the connectingstrip 22.

along one edge extend beyond the edge of the sheet 15 and are :bent at aright angle as shown at 21 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 shown a modified form of the anchoring' bar Zia. In this case oneflange 31 is in engagementwithone wall of the rabbeted per.- tion 20 ofthe bar III, while the other flange :32 is provided with an offset .33which is received within the slot 34 formed in the attaching strip 22.Each of the ends of the wires .l] where they are received within theanchoring bar 2la is provided with a head 35 which is received withinthe bight portion 36 of the U-shaped member 2111. The flanges 3| and 32are pinched upon the edge of'the sheet [.5 and when the attaching strip22 is in position and the flange ,33 is within the .slot 35, the edge ofthe sheet which is connected to the anchoring har ii is securely fixedin position within the bar it).

In Fig. 4 is shown a. further modified form in which one flan e 13] cf te anchor n a 11 is nrovidedw -th an e fect porti n .3 which is shaped.iniformationandreceived within a g v :33 zformedl n he attach ng strip:22. The other strip is nailed into place as shown in Fig. 2, theanchoring bar and likewise the connected edge of the sheet l5, aresecurely fixed in place within the bar l0. 7

In Fig. is shown a further modified form of an anchoring bar designatedby the numeral 2|c. In this case the U-shaped member shown at 42 has oneflange 43 in engagement with one wall of the rabbeted section 20, whilethe other flange 44 is in engagement with one face of the sheet l5.

The free edge of the flange 43 is turned at a ficiently long to extendwithin a slot 46 formed sheet may be secured within the adjacent bars ofthe frame.

The grooves shown in the attaching bars 22 of the various figures may beformed in the bars W of said figures instead of the bars 22 with thesame results.

We claim:

1. In a honey comb foundation including a frame in which a wax sheet ismounted, said frame having a top bar provided with a rabbeted portion,the wax sheet having a wire embedded I therein, said wire provided witha lateral offset within the inner portion of the attaching strip 22.

The wires I! are turned upon themselves at the ends as shown at 41 sothat they will be neatly received between the flanges 42 and 44 by theU- shaped member 2lc.

within the U-shaped member 2lc so that when the attaching strip 22 issecured in place by nails as shown in Fig. 2, the connected edge of thesheet I5 is securely fixed in place. 7

In Fig. 6 a further modified form of the anchoring bar is shown at 2 Id.In this case the U- shaped member 50 has one flange extended as shown at5| and then projected at a right angle as shown at 52 to be receivedwithin a groove 53 of the attaching strip 22.

In this form the Wires I! are provided with heads 54 which are receivedwithin the bight portion 55 of the U-shaped member 50, while the flangesof the U-shaped member are compressed against the opposite faces of thewax sheet 15.

When the attaching strip 22 is' secured in place by means of nails, ashas been previously described, the inner face of the attaching stripwill be forced against the flange 5|, likewise forcing the outer flangeof the U-shaped member against a wall of the rabbeted portion 20 of thebar l0. It will be seen from this construction that the anchoring bar2ld will securely hold the connected edge of the sheet within the barIt].

Fig. '7 shows a, further modified form of the anchoring bar designatedby the numeral 2le. In this case the U-shaped member 56 is locatedwithin a groove 51 of the attaching strip 22 and the wires ll of the waxsheet .l5 are bent at right angles and are received within the, U-shapedmember 56 where these wires extend beyond the edge of said sheet.

A flange 58 which forms an extension of the U-shaped member 56 is bentupon itself as shown at 60, and this bent portion is in engagement withone face of the wax sheet while the flange engages a wall of therabbeted section of the bar 10.

The inner wall or face of the attaching strip 22 is in engagement withthe other face of .the wax sheet. Thus it will be seen by thisconstruction that the anchoring bar 2le is securely fixed to the waxsheet and also securely aflixes the inner edge of the sheet within thebar [8 after the nails shown in Fig. 2 are driven diagonally through theattaching strip 22.

While'the top and bottom edges of thewax sheet are shown as secured inthe frame l4 along two edges only, nevertheless all four edges of the atone end constituting holding means, an anchoring-bar clamped around oneedge of the sheet and provided with an offset portion receiving theoffset portion of the wire, and an attach- In other words, the wires arebent into hook formation and are confined.

ing strip having a slot to receive the offset portion of the anchoringbar.

2. In a honey comb foundation including a frame in which a wax sheet ismounted, one of the bars of the frame provided with a rabbeted portion,the wax sheet having a wire embedded therein, .an' anchoring bar beingU-shaped in cross section and clamped around one edge of the sheet andone end of the wire, one of .the flanges being provided with a lateraloffset portion, and an attaching strip having an elongated slot toreceive the offset portion of the anchoring bar.

3. In a honey comb foundation including a frame in which a wax sheet'ismounted, one of 'the bars of the frame provided with a rabbeted toreceive the offset portion of the anchoring bar.

4. In a honey comb foundation including a frame in which a wax sheet ismounted, one of the bars of the frame provided with a rabbeted portion,the wax sheet having a wire embedded therein, an anchoring bar beingU-shaped' in cross section and clamped around one edge of the sheet andan end of the wire, said anchoring bar adjacent the bight portion beingbent at an angle to form an elongated lateral offset portion, said endof the wire extending into the lateral offset, and an attaching striphaving an elongated slot to receive the offset portion of the anchoringbar.

5. In a honey comb foundation including a frame in which a wax sheet ismounted, said frame having a top .bar provided with'a groove, the waxsheet having a wire embedded therein with one end of the wire projectingbeyond one edge of'the sheet, an anchoring bar clamped around said edgeof the sheet and the projecting end of the wire and adapted to belocated in the groove, and an attaching strip also located in the grooveand provided with a slot, said. anchoring bar having a lateral "offsetreceived by the slot.

ROY A. GROUT. 1

